Speaker
Y. Perrin
(CERN)
Description
A web portal has been developed, in the context of the LCG/SPI project, in
order to coordinate workflow and manage information in large software
projects. It is a development of the GNU Savannah package and offers a range
of services to every hosted project: Bug / support / patch trackers, a
simple task planning system, news threads, and a download area for software
releases. Features and functionality can be fine-tuned on a per project
basis and the system displays content and grants permissions according to
the user's status (project member, other Savannah user, or visitor). A
highly configurable notification system is able to channel tracker
submissions to developers in charge of specific project modules.
The portal is based on the GNU Savannah package which is now developed as
'Savane' by the Free Software Foundation of France. It is a descendant of the
well known SourceForge-2.0 software. The original trackers were contributed
to the open source community by XEROX, which uses a similar system for their
internal software development. Several features and extensions were
introduced in a collaboration of LCG/SPI with the current main developer of
Savannah to adapt the software for use at CERN and the results were given
back to the open source. Cern Savannah currently provides services to more
than 600 users in 90 projects.
Author
Y. Perrin
(CERN)
